HONG KONG, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A kind of drug used for treating peptic ulcer was found effective in suppressing the activity of drug-resistant superbugs in a research done by the University of Hong Kong which made the results public on …

Still, arduous or not, it’s a road worth traveling because an estimated 700,000 people die every year due to drug-resistant superbugs, and that number could increase to as many as 10 million by 2050 if we don’t take action now. Over …

In a report published this week in the journal Nature Microbiology, researchers describe a never-before-seen antibiotic agent that vanquished several strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria - not bad for a compound that’s been hiding in soil for aeons.